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A Journey through the East: September 2009
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A Journey through the East. Exploring the Religions of the Silk Road. Monday, September 21, 2009. Video: "Silk Road Journey From China Through Central Asia". It's hard to really grasp the sheer vastness of the journey unless you actually went through and saw some of the points along it:. Sunday, September 20, 2009. Map of Particular Goods' Origins. Certain regions specialized in producing particular goods. That were exported out along the route with merchants. Saturday, September 19, 2009.
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A Journey through the East: October 2009
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A Journey through the East. Exploring the Religions of the Silk Road. Monday, October 26, 2009. Group Topic #1: Studying Religion - A Reflection. It's an age old question though - what exactly is religion? If not, what exactly would this belief system be considered, if not 'religion'? Various scholars have given their own definitions of religion and, as was expected, faults can be found in virtually all of them. Personally, I'm rather fond of Geertz's definition of religion that defines it as:. It's inte...
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Aath Pehar: 03/30/10
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010. Please click on the images for a full view or to see them on their respective websites]. The Silk Road map). Sir Aurel Stein on one of his many explorations). Tuesday, March 30, 2010. Don't Be Another Simahun, Be Masculine. Hence, women are left with no choice in the selection of their spouse but rather, it is controlled by their parents. Xiaowei Zang, however, states that arranged marriages have declined in urban areas and also the age of marriage has increased due to modern...
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Aath Pehar: Balilik' Oy Bazaar, Balasiz Oy Mazar
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010. Balilik' Oy Bazaar, Balasiz Oy Mazar. Balilik' Oy Bazaar, Balasiz Oy Mazar". A home with children is like a bazaar, while one without is like a graveyard. - Uyghur Proverb). China's child policies have contributed to women's low position and influence within the Uyghur community in Xinjiang. The policies were secured in order to unify all the ethnic minority groups (or minzu) so a nation that was dedicated to China and nationalism could be established. A positive result that one ...
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Aath Pehar: Introduction
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010. Please click on the images for a full view or to see them on their respective websites]. The Silk Road map). Sir Aurel Stein on one of his many explorations). Tuesday, March 30, 2010. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Mapping the Silk Road. View my complete profile.
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Aath Pehar: Conclusion
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Aath Pehar: Works Cited & Bibliography
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010. Works Cited and Bibliography. 1 Han Suyin, The Changing Status of Women, Literacy and Education and Family Planning. London: Routledge, 2010), p.275. 2 Xiaowei Zang, Gender and Ethnic Variation in Arranged Marriages in a Chinese City. Canada: Sage Publications, 2007), p.3. 6 Beller-Hann, Ildiko. Work and Gender Among Uyghur Villagers in Southern Xinjiang. Http:/ cemoti.revues.org/document55.html. (accessed March 8, 2010). Canada: Sage Publications, 2007), p.9. 12 Ibid. p.9. 32 Ma...
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A Journey through the East: Horses and Resources
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A Journey through the East. Exploring the Religions of the Silk Road. Monday, October 12, 2009. The one thing that really stood out of this week's assigned chapter reading was the importance that the Chinese Han court apparently placed on accumulating a variety of resources and goods from their enemies and subjects in order to advance their own culture, technology and civilization in general. Labels: Course Reader Response. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). There was an error in this gadget.